1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. 5 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 2: Organizers of a hunting competition in New Zealand found themselves 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 2: in international hot water last week after they proposed and 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 2: then canceled a feral cat hunting competition for children. That 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: would be a competition where the children hunt the feral cats, 9 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 2: not the other way around anyway. The event had been 10 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: announced as part of a June fundraiser for a school 11 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 2: in a rural area of the country. According to the BBC, 12 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 2: the annual competition sees hundreds of participants, some of whom 13 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 2: are children, who compete to harvest while pigs, deer and hare. 14 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: Entry fees go to fund the local school and pay 15 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 2: teacher salaries. On April fourteenth, they announced that they were 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: opening a feral cat category for the junior hunters. Like 17 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 2: in Australia, feral cats in New Zealand are a menace 18 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 2: to native animals. I mean we should just say, like 19 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 2: everywhere in the world, feral cats are a menace to 20 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: native animals. One biosecurity expert told Radio New Zealand that 21 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: feral cats were responsible for the extinction of six bird species, 22 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: as well as the decline in populations of bats, frogs, 23 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: and lizards in New Zealand. The country's Department of Conservation 24 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 2: currently poisons, traps and shoots the cats on public land, 25 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 2: and the animals are frequently hunted by the general public. 26 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 2: But animal rights groups weren't about to let children help 27 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 2: conserve native species. Organizers of the North Canterbury Hunting Competition 28 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: said in a Facebook post that they received a flood 29 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 2: of vial and inappropriate emails. They canceled the cat hunting 30 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: competition on April seventeenth due to safety concerns for the 31 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 2: school and their sponsors. Quote we are disappointed and apologize 32 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: for those who were excited to be involved in something 33 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: that is about protecting our native birds and other vulnerable species. 34 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: Animal rights activists told the BBC that they were concerned 35 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: that domestic cats, you know, the ones that wear collars, 36 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 2: would be shot by mistake during the competition. They went 37 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 2: on to say that they should be teaching our children 38 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: empathy towards animals, not handing them the tools to kill 39 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 2: the animals that are killing the native species without empathy. 40 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 2: You know, that's roughly what they said. Anyway, Hunters I've 41 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: spoken to in New Zealand tell me that there is 42 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: legitimate local concern about pet cats being shot, but the 43 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 2: concerns about animal rights are mostly coming from the more 44 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: urban city of Auckland. The animal welfare charity Safe added 45 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: in an interview with local media, we should not be 46 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 2: handing our children the tools to kill animals. But if 47 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: you do hand them those tools, folks, make sure the 48 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: barrel is always pointed in a safe direction, and you 49 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: treat that firearm like it's loaded all the time. This 50 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: week we've got prairie chickens, trash pandas, and retirees. But first, 51 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you about my week. In My 52 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: week was basically spent getting my life put back together 53 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: after a bunch of travel. It started raining and snowing 54 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 2: here in bos Angelis, so I squeezed the new truck 55 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 2: into the garage, knocked a pile of rust off of it, 56 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 2: installed a backup camera, kind of begrudgingly, because it irks 57 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: me to no end that nobody knows what I mean 58 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 2: when I say, hey, I need my mirrors, which you know, 59 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: backing up a truck with your side view mirrors is 60 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: a time honored skill, a test of outdoor competency, and 61 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 2: it kills me that technology has taken that over. However, 62 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 2: I am looking forward to backing up to the ball 63 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: of the camper or the boat hitch in just one attempt. 64 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: Also installed the new stereo, which is just another little 65 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 2: computer screen basically just mounting an iPhone on your dash 66 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 2: these days, weighs about ninety eight percent less than the 67 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 2: two thousand and five version the rig came with, which 68 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 2: you know, I'm excited to see that those weight savings 69 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: will be reflected in my fuel economy. 70 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 3: You now, I'm something of a scientist myself. 71 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: Well, doing all of this, I of course discovered several 72 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: other projects that need to do, managed to get those 73 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: mostly done, and I even made it out to pattern 74 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 2: some Turkey shotguns and managed to screw up one Turkey opportunity. 75 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 2: Old Tom came in a little hot caught me in 76 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 2: the act a tree selection, and that was that big weekend. 77 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: Also cooked up a bunch of that giant trivali or Alua, 78 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 2: fried it and be fat and ate that for three 79 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: days straight, no nervous reactions yet, which is great because 80 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 2: that fish is delicious. Quick note on patterning shotguns, Big 81 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 2: pieces of cardboard, big backdrops are what you need. Okay. 82 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 2: The whole idea is to read the entirety of your 83 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 2: pellet count see what it's up to. Whatever you do, 84 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 2: please do not buy those awful peel and stick targets. 85 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 2: They're literally just trash. You're purchasing trash. Recycle what you 86 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 2: can use a cardboard box that something else came in. 87 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 2: You'll get the same results from your shooting, you'll save 88 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 2: a few bucks, and the end result is a patterned 89 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 2: shotgun and you won't be buying trash to just leave 90 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 2: trash around. 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Listen to it a little 111 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 2: bit while I was wrenching on top of that. Casey 112 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 2: and Tyler the element. These guys hunt lots of public 113 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: land and states like Texas that don't have a lot 114 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 2: of public land. They are launching the buck Truck every 115 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 2: Tuesday starting May second through June thirteen on the meat 116 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 2: Eater YouTube channel and meat Eater website. And you know, 117 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: if you have been a longtime listener, We are finally 118 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 2: releasing are Rounding Up Feral Cattle episode down in New 119 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: Mexico right there on the YouTube channel too. Check that out. 120 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 2: Let me know what you think about rounding up Wiley 121 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 2: and wild Bovid's out there in the New mex territory, 122 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 2: all right? Strap in? Moving on, we got a lot 123 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 2: to cover. Three state attorneys general are assuing the US 124 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 2: Fish and Wildlife Service for their decision to list the 125 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 2: lesser prairie chicken as threatened and endangered under the Endangered 126 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 2: Species Act. We covered the Wildlife Service's decision back in 127 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 2: episode one ninety. The lesser prairie chicken population has been 128 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 2: struggling for decades, and the Wildlife Service announced back in 129 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 2: November that it had decided to break this population into 130 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: two distinct segments. The northern segment, which lives in Kansas, Oklahoma, 131 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: and the northeast Texas Panhandle, has been listed as threatened. 132 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 2: The southern segment, which lives in eastern New Mexico and 133 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 2: the southwest Texas Panhandle, has been listed as endangered. As 134 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 2: you might expect, the attorneys general in Texas, Oklahoma, and 135 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 2: Kansas aren't happy. They argue that the Wildlife Service relied 136 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 2: on faulty science to reach their conclusions and failed to 137 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 2: consider voluntary conservation programs already in place. They claim that 138 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 2: the rule violates three separate federal statutes, including the Endangered 139 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: Species Act, because it fails to consider all relevant factors. 140 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 2: They also argue that this rule will place an undue 141 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: burden on their residence. According to Kansas age Chris Kobatch, 142 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 2: this listing will make drilling new oil wells in western 143 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 2: Kansas almost impossible. It will force ranchers to get approval 144 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: from federally designated agencies to graze cattle on their own property. 145 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 2: It will have devastating impacts on Kansas ranchers, Kansas oil producers, 146 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 2: and even Kansas wind farms. In addressing these concerns, the 147 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 2: Wildlife Service noted that farmers can continue their routine agricultural 148 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 2: activities on existing cultivated lands. The rule includes an exception 149 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: for grazers who are following a prescribed grazing plan developed 150 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 2: by a qualified party, and the Service noted that only 151 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 2: about eighteen percent of the analysis area in these states 152 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 2: is considered suitable chicken habitat, so they believe developers will 153 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 2: be able to avoid those areas by taking the chickens 154 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 2: into account early in their planning process as part of 155 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 2: their project sitting decisions. Slightly smaller than the aptly named 156 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 2: greater prairie chicken, the lesser prairie chicken is a type 157 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 2: of grouse that lives in arid, short grass regions of 158 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 2: the southern Great Plains. The National Autabond Society estimates that 159 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 2: there were many many is two million birds in the 160 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 2: US prior to European settlement. That population has dwindled to 161 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 2: about thirty two thousand individuals across the five state region 162 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 2: where the birds can be found today. They've also lost 163 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 2: ninety percent of their original habitat. As grassland ecosystems are 164 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: in fact the most threatened ecosystems we have on the 165 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 2: planet right now. Neither side of this debate argues that 166 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 2: we shouldn't be concerned about the lesser prairie chicken. The 167 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: question is are the current voluntary conservation efforts enough or 168 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 2: should the federal government step in and impose additional land 169 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 2: used restrictions. As with so many conservation issues, that question 170 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 2: will ultimately be decided by the courts. You may not 171 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 2: be able to lobby the judge who will decide this case, 172 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: but the attorney general's offices in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas 173 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 2: are all elected by popular vote. Just some food for 174 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: thought for you. If you know you care strongly about 175 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: this lawsuit one way or the other, those are the 176 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 2: folks that you got to contact. 177 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: You know. 178 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 2: It just makes me think, if only we would have 179 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: known about the declining populations of lesser prairie chickens in 180 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 2: the state of our grassland habitats, surely we would have 181 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 2: done something. Two million to thirty two thousand. You know, 182 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,119 Speaker 2: that's the type of math that does scream endangered. 183 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: So yesh. 184 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 2: Moving on to the bear desk. Bears are coming out 185 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 2: of hibernation across North America, and one black bear in 186 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 2: British Columbia figured out a way to pack on the 187 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 2: calories fast. Sharon Rosel told the Canadian Broadcasting Company that 188 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: she woke up around three am last Thursday to find 189 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 2: a bear rummaging through her jeep. She watched from her 190 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 2: balcony and earl's cove BC as the bear smashed her 191 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 2: car window and began guzzling sodas like a middle schooler 192 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 2: at a sleepover. Rosel says the bear cracked open the 193 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 2: cans with its teeth and then slipped down the syrupy liquid. 194 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 2: The bear worked its way through a wopping sixty nine 195 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 2: cans of orange soda, cola and root beer. Rosel told 196 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 2: the outlet that there were seventy two cans of soda 197 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 2: in the car. It's unclear why the bear didn't finish 198 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 2: the job, but the last three cans were a diet soda, 199 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 2: so anyway, Rosell tried to throw water at the bear. 200 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 2: That didn't convince it to leave. She tried explaining that 201 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 2: she needed to take her car to work the next morning, 202 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: and she even told the bear that she was a hunter. 203 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 2: Either the bear couldn't hear her over the sound of 204 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 2: crumpling aluminum, or it knew that baiting is illegal in 205 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 2: British Columbia. Either way, it continued its thirsty Thursday celebration 206 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 2: until the soda was mostly gone. Rosell, who had purchased 207 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 2: the drinks to sell in her food truck, said that 208 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 2: the white leather interior of her jeep will need to 209 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 2: be replaced. This isn't the first time we've covered a 210 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 2: story about a bear sniffing through the car doors and 211 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 2: it probably won't be the last. If you live in 212 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 2: bear country and enjoy a syrupy orange crush, you know 213 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 2: you've been warned. Moving on to the raccoon desk. Speaking 214 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 2: of mischievous animals, I was having raccoon trouble. The raccoon 215 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 2: population has surged over two hundred and sixty eight percent 216 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 2: in the last sixteen years and in rereased twenty three 217 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 2: percent in the last year alone. This tracks with national 218 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 2: trends that have seen raccoon populations increase more than twentyfold 219 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 2: since nineteen thirty. Like deer and waterfowl, trash pandas do 220 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,439 Speaker 2: pretty well living alongside people, so the Iowa Natural Resources 221 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 2: Commission and the state legislature decided to take action. Earlier 222 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 2: this month, the Commission voted to establish a continuous open 223 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 2: season for hunting and trapping raccoons on private land. Then 224 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 2: last week, the state legislature passed a bill that would 225 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 2: allow rural residents to kill nuisance raccoons, apossums, and skunks 226 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 2: without being a state licensed trapper. If you live in 227 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 2: Iowa and aren't within city limits, you can do what 228 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 2: you need to do at any time of the year 229 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,239 Speaker 2: to deal with one of these animals if they're causing problems. 230 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 2: The bill passed both chambers by comfortable margins, but one 231 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 2: Democratic State senator made headlines after he explained his very 232 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 2: personal reason for voting in favor of the bill. Senator 233 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 2: Bill Dotzler has a bus he uses once a year 234 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 2: to haul riders to a cycling event. This year, he 235 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 2: found the bus had been occupied by an unwelcome visitor. 236 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 3: I have a driver's window where it's a little slide overthing, 237 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 3: and there's a latch on it. Well, I didn't have 238 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 3: it completely latched, I guess, but it was shut, and 239 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 3: a raccoon crawled up on the hood of my bus, 240 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 3: hung off the mirror and got his paws their regular hands, 241 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 3: slid open the window and got in there and had 242 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 3: a feast inside my bus. But the worst part about it, 243 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 3: the worst part of the aggravation, is I had a 244 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 3: ragbriy hat from glen Wood, and that raccoon defecated in 245 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 3: my hat. 246 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 2: Raccoons do indeed have quote regular hands, but they aren't 247 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 2: exactly like ours. Instead of four fingers and a thumb, 248 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 2: raccoons have five little fingers, which they use for everything 249 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 2: from unlatching bus windows to washing their food. In fact, 250 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 2: their Latin name proceon lotor, translates literally to before dogwasher. 251 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 2: This designation comes from a and raccoon behavior in which 252 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 2: they pick up food items from the water's edge and 253 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 2: rub them between their paws. They may not be washing 254 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 2: their food, but it sure does look like it. Unfortunately 255 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 2: for Senator Dotsler, their personal hygiene doesn't extend to indoor plumbing. 256 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 2: Moving on to the legislative desk, state legislatures are winding 257 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 2: down across the country, but there are still many bills 258 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 2: that are heating up. Listener Jesse Lattin wrote in Tell 259 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 2: Me about a bill in Nevada that would prohibit anyone 260 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 2: under the age of twenty one from handling a semi 261 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 2: automatic rifle or shotgun under any circumstances. Current law prohibits 262 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 2: the ownership of long guns for anyone under the age 263 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 2: of eighteen, but it makes exceptions for kids fourteen and 264 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 2: older if they're hunting at the range or participating in 265 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 2: a competition. Not only would Nevada Ab. Three five five 266 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 2: raise the purchasing age to twenty one for semi automatic firearms, 267 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 2: it would also remove these exceptions. So if you're a 268 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 2: fifteen year old kid who wants to hunt ducks with 269 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 2: a semi automatic shotgun, which is extremely common, you're out 270 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 2: of luck, even if you're with a parent or guardian. 271 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 2: The same would apply to a seventeen year old kid 272 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 2: who wants to take a firearm safety class or a 273 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 2: twenty year old kid who wants to use an ar 274 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 2: fifteen and a three gun competition. Can anyone remind me 275 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 2: what the age of earliest age you can join the 276 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 2: military is like? Seventeen right with parental approval. A couple 277 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 2: of semi automatic firearms there and quite a few bases 278 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 2: in Arizona. I believe this bill passed the Assembly on 279 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 2: a twenty six to fourteen vote and is headed for 280 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 2: the Senate. If you have thoughts for your Nevada state 281 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 2: senators on this bill, tell them what you think about 282 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 2: AB three five five. Moving on to the home state, 283 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 2: Senator Steve Daines of Montana is joined by twenty three 284 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 2: other US senators last week as he reintroduced a bill 285 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 2: to prohibit banning lead, AMMO and tackle on federal public land. 286 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 2: You may remember last year when the US Fish and 287 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 2: Wildlife Service announced that it would be opening new wildlife 288 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 2: refuges to hunting and fishing, while also phasing out the 289 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 2: use of lead tackle and ammunition on some of those refuges. 290 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 2: The agency also agreed in a settlement with the Center 291 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 2: for Biological Diversity to consider phasing out lead tackle and 292 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 2: ammunition on other parcels of public land. This bill from 293 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 2: Senator Danes, known as the Protecting Access for Hunters and 294 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 2: Anglers Act, would block the Fish and Wildlife Service, the 295 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 2: Bureau of Land Management, and the US Forest Service for 296 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: banning lead tackle and ammunition. These federal agencies would only 297 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 2: be allowed to ban lead use if the agency determines 298 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 2: that led is the primary cause of a decline in 299 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 2: a wildlife population in a specific unit of federal land 300 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 2: or water based on field data from that specific unit. 301 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 2: The lead ban essentially bans broad banning. Does that make 302 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 2: sense anyway. The lead ban would also have to be 303 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 2: approved by the state wherever that unit is located. This 304 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: bill failed to garner enough votes to pass last year, 305 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 2: but it still enjoys the support of several large outdoor organizations, 306 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 2: including the American sport Fishing Association, the Sportsman's Alliance, the 307 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 2: National Deer Association, and the Boone and Crocket Club. If 308 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 2: you want to get involved, get in touch with your 309 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 2: U S, U S. Senators. On the other end of 310 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 2: the spectrum, a bill in New York would prohibit the 311 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 2: use of lead ammunition in the taking of wildlife on 312 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 2: state owned lands and on lands contributing surface water to 313 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 2: New York City. You know, New York City is the 314 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 2: place with all the super aging infrastructure that carries water 315 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 2: to people's pipes that's highly contaminated because of the age 316 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 2: of the pipes. And you know that place. Anyway, the 317 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 2: bill A five seven two eight addresses the little tiny 318 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 2: chunks of lead that gets shot at deer where they 319 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 2: may decompose, and eventually that water drains into New York 320 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 2: City somehow, So pay attention. A five seven two eight 321 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 2: pass the State Assembly and is currently being considered by 322 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: the Senate. The New York Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and 323 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 2: Anglers opposes this legislation, and I think they do a 324 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 2: pretty good job summarizing where many in the hunting community 325 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 2: are on this topic. Quote. While BHA encourages sportsmen and 326 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 2: women to consider the voluntary use of non led ammunition, 327 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 2: our experiences in other states show that a high percentage 328 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 2: of hunts making the transition did so as the result 329 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 2: of hunter education. If you want to change behavior, you 330 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 2: need to buy in from the people affected. In this case, 331 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 2: that's the hunting community. In contrast, a band could lead 332 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 2: to negative hunter interactions with rangers and eCos, that's environmental 333 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 2: conservation officers. I believe these eCos and rangers are already 334 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 2: stretched thin, and it would be difficult to enforce in 335 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 2: the field given the look of polymer tipped, copper jacketed 336 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: lead bullets. The BHA also notes that this policy could 337 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 2: harm rural communities where non lead ammunition is scarce and expensive. 338 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 2: If you'd like to weigh in, get in touch with 339 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 2: your New York State senators. Moving on to the wildlife 340 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 2: management desk, biologists will often say that managing people is 341 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 2: just as difficult as managing wildlife. People have strong opinions 342 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 2: about wild animals, and sometimes the real trouble starts after 343 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 2: the animal problem has been dealt with. That's what town 344 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 2: officials in Palmetto Bay, Florida, discovered after they decided to 345 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 2: remove a flock of invasive ducks from a local park. 346 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 2: The Miami Herald reports that an elementary school official complained 347 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 2: about quote, rogue ducks on their campus. He said that 348 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 2: one of these Muscovie ducks had even chased a toddler 349 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 2: who hit her head on a picnic table while running away. 350 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 2: Town officials hired trapper within days of receiving that message, 351 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 2: and it didn't take long for a resident to notice 352 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 2: a decrease in the duck population. Some residents filed public 353 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 2: records requests to figure out where the ducks were going, 354 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 2: and they discovered that about twenty ducks had been removed 355 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 2: by Miami Wildlife Removal Company. One batch of records included 356 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 2: an image of dead ducks lined up on the lawn. 357 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 2: As you've probably guessed by now, town residents were incensed. 358 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 2: When I opened up those pictures, I was sick for 359 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 2: a second. Mark Murwitzer told the Herald. That was nasty, terrible, 360 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 2: That did not look humane. There's a picture there of 361 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 2: a duck bloodied up and there's blood on the torso 362 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 2: that hit and it hit really hard. Murwitzer and others 363 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 2: claimed that the duck aren't the real culprit. Instead, they 364 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 2: blame another invasive waterfowl species, Egyptian geese. A resident named 365 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 2: Tone Calley said, quote Muscovi's are friendly. Muscovis didn't get 366 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 2: in anyone's way that I've ever noticed. But Egyptian geese, 367 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 2: they're definitely a whole different ballgame, a whole different ballgame, 368 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 2: is right. It's like a Shark's versus the Jets situation 369 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 2: out here in Palmetto, Florida. The more you read about 370 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,719 Speaker 2: this story, the more you realize that this isn't really 371 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 2: about the ducks. One of the most vocal opponents of 372 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 2: duck trapping is a man named David Singer. Singer used 373 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 2: to be on the town council, but he was ousted 374 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 2: by Steve Cody, who's been supporting the duck removal effort. 375 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 2: Singer subsequently sued Cody for a million dollars and accused 376 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,479 Speaker 2: Cody of a tempted extortion. Then, earlier this month, Singer 377 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 2: posted an image of Hitler on Facebook and accused the 378 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 2: town's mayor of looking for a quote final solution to 379 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 2: the duck problem. Cody sent the image to Singer's employer, 380 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 2: and Singer was promptly fired from his job, where he'd 381 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 2: worked since nineteen ninety eight. The drama does not stop there. 382 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 2: About two dozen residents held a candlelight vigil for the 383 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 2: slain ducks, where they chanted save our Ducks and held 384 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 2: signs that say I was supposed to be protected with 385 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 2: an image of a bird below. You can find video 386 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 2: of this vigil online, where you won't be surprised to 387 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 2: learn that most of the intendees are of retirement age. 388 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 2: I don't want to look up the staff for Palmeto, Florida, 389 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 2: but it's safe to say if people are doing this 390 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 2: for one pond of invasive waterfowl, everything else in Palmeto, 391 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 2: Florida must be absolutely fantastic. Muscovie ducks are native to 392 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 2: South and Central America, but they were introduced in Florida 393 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 2: in the mid sixties. The US Fish and Wildlife Service 394 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 2: has issued a control order for the species, which stipulates 395 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 2: that landowners can kill them on their property without a permit. 396 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 2: The ducks compete with native species for food, and they 397 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 2: can also spread disease. Remember all those episodes that we 398 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 2: talked about highly pathogenic avian influenza, Well, you know, hey 399 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,199 Speaker 2: could happen. A Parks employee who declined to give his name, 400 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 2: said the ducks are most definitely aggressive, especially during mating 401 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 2: season or when they've learned to rely on humans for food, 402 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 2: once again looking at you, retirees. Town officials say that 403 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 2: along with the trapping program, they're considering an ordinance that 404 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 2: would prohibit people from feeding the ducks. You know, hard 405 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 2: hitting stuff. They're Palmetto, Florida. Moving on to the mail desk. 406 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 2: A few episodes back, we covered a Japanese vending machine 407 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 2: that sells frozen packages of local bear meat. A listener 408 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 2: named Chris wrote in to tell me that bear meat 409 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 2: isn't the only unorthodox vending machine meat being sold in Japan. 410 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 2: Chris is a US sailor station about an hour away 411 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 2: from these meat machines. He visited one recently, but instead 412 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 2: of purchasing bear meat, he opted for whale meat. He 413 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 2: bought a frozen flame Mignon shaped whale steak for about 414 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 2: twenty three bucks and pan cooked it medium rare using 415 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 2: oil and sea salt. He said, quote taste me like 416 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 2: beef to the second power, while the fat adds a 417 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 2: slight fishy taste. I'm not exactly sure what beef to 418 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 2: the second power is, but I think it's a good thing. 419 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 2: It's like eating a rice fattened bootlep or spoon bill 420 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 2: tuxedo duck. It's real good, and it's got a little 421 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 2: something extra in there too. It's an understatement to say 422 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 2: that whales and whale meat are controversial topics in Japan, 423 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 2: but the country resumed commercial whaling off its shores in 424 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 2: twenty nineteen. In twenty twenty two, whalers caught two hundred 425 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 2: and seventy animals, which is where most of the country's 426 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: whale meat comes from. Whale meat is a traditional food 427 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 2: in Japan, but consumption has fallen in recent decades. These 428 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 2: vending machines are designed as a way to increase the demand. 429 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 2: You know, vending machine on every corner. Soda pop, bear meat, 430 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 2: whale meat right at your fingertips. 431 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: So much. 432 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,239 Speaker 2: That's all I've got for you this week. Thank you 433 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 2: so much for lit Remember to write in too, A 434 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 2: s K C A L. That's Askcal at the meat 435 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 2: eater dot com. Let me know what's going on in 436 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 2: your neck of the woods. Also, if you're in the 437 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 2: need to clean up that yard that's starting to poke 438 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 2: through the snow, go to www. Dot steel Dealers dot com. 439 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 2: Find a local, knowledgeable steel dealer near you. They're gonna 440 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 2: get you set up with what you need and they 441 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 2: won't try to send you home with what you don't. 442 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 2: Thanks again, and i'll talk to you next week.